Party like it’s 1999: 10 movies that encapsulate one of the greatest years for cinema
It was the year when arthouse brains met Hollywood brawn. But what made the last 12 months of the 90s so special? These films tell the story
June 2023
Stars at Noon review – edgy expat drama from Claire Denis
‘Protege! Would you use that word for a man?’ Claire Denis on rum, Africa and rethinking MeToo
December 2022
The best movies of 2022 … you may not have seen
From a sharp comedy reboot to an erotic political thriller, Guardian writers pick the hidden films of the year that people should know more about
November 2022
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Streaming: the best love triangle films
Claire Denis’s Both Sides of the Blade, starring Juliette Binoche, joins other classics where three’s a crowd, from The Piano to The Favourite
September 2022
Both Sides of the Blade review – Claire Denis’s love triangle thriller lacks chemistry
Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon are both intense, except when they’re together, in a romantic drama weighed down by backstory
On my radar
On my radar: Claire Denis’s cultural highlights
The French director on being mesmerised by the film Memoria, and her love of Tindersticks, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and the Mediterranean
‘I fell in love with two men – it was unbearable!’: Juliette Binoche on love triangles and ‘little boy’ Gérard Depardieu
The French screen star opens up about her life mirroring the plot of new film Both Sides of the Blade and putting male cinema icons in their place
July 2022
If you watch only one film … the greatest movies by the greatest directors
Some directors come with such huge back catalogues that it can be hard to know where to start. Enter our film critics, who suggest the best routes in to the works of some of our most prolific film-makers
May 2022
Cannes 2022 week two roundup: a bloated Elvis and a brush with greatness
Baz Luhrmann’s Presley biopic was an extravagant bust, but Ruben Östland and Kelly Reichardt offered satirical entertainment and quiet wonder
Stars at Noon review – languid tale of sex, lies and intrigue in the Nicaraguan heat
Benny Safdie stands out among a strangely lethargic cast in Claire Denis’ erotic and intimate political drama
Cannes 2022: 10 movies to watch out for in this year’s festival
Austin Butler shakes his stuff as Elvis, Cronenberg gets creepy, Claire Denis takes on colonial agony and Hirokazu Kore-eda unwraps his first Korean-language film
April 2022
Joe Alwyn on Conversations With Friends and sex scenes: ‘They’re like filming fights – quite mechanical’
He’s about to make you swoon in the new adaptation of the Sally Rooney blockbuster. The actor talks about earning the author’s seal of approval and winning a Grammy alongside Taylor Swift
February 2022
Berlin film festival 2022 roundup – earnestness, joy, and the best film won
At an unusually quiet, Covid-strict festival, it was a good year for the French, and female directors – and we got to see Jean-Luc Godard do his ironing
Women dominate Berlin film festival awards as Alcarràs wins Golden Bear
Best director prize, both acting awards and two of the three best film prizes were won by female film-makers, led by the Catalan-language drama
Both Sides of the Blade review – Claire Denis’ many-faced love story
Juliette Binoche completes an intriguing love triangle that highlights the incompatible emotions that coexist in an affair
April 2020
Lockdown culture
'When I've tried to write about it, it's sounded meh' – George Ezra and more on coronavirus
In the second part of our series, we ask set designer Es Devlin, director Claire Denis, composer Mark Simpson and others about how the pandemic has changed their work
December 2019
Top US films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the US: No 8 – High Life
Top UK films 2019
The 50 best films of 2019 in the UK: No 9 – High Life
September 2019
Best culture of the 21st century
The 100 best films of the 21st century
Gangsters, superheroes, schoolkids, lovers, slaves, peasants, techies, Tenenbaums and freefalling astronauts – they’re all here in our countdown of cinema’s best movies since 2000
